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Re: Environment variable problem
You are right! d2u fixes the problem. Thanks! :clap:
Ken Brown-6 wrote:
>
> On 5/23/2010 9:51 AM, Willie Vu wrote:
>>
>> I set an environment variable in /etc/profile.d/env.sh that is loaded
>> when
>> Cygwin starts, like the following:
>>
>> export M2_HOME=d\:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> When it is echoed, it shows the value correctly.
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME
>> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> However, if I suffix it with "/bin", it becomes the following:
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME/bin
>> /binava/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> If I run the export statement inline, then there is no problem.
>>
>> $ export M2_HOME=d\:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME
>> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1
>>
>> $ echo $M2_HOME/bin
>> d:/java/apache-maven-2.2.1/bin
>>
>> Any idea?
>
> Does your script env.sh have DOS line endings? It looks like M2_HOME
> ends with a carriage return. Try running d2u on env.sh.
>
> Ken
>
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